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It was found that the hypothesis was supported when subjects generated a metaphorical comparison which expressed essentially the same idea as the "target comparison" from which the matching attributes were obtained. When subjects were asked to provide a term which generated a literal comparison, this pattern of results was not obtained. The second paradigm was a forced-choice task in which subjects were asked to select either the first or second term of both literal and metaphorical comparisons with regard to the importance of the matching attributes to that term. In a follow-up task subjects were asked to make a judgment concerning the importance of the attributes. This paradigm provided no support for the hypothesis. It was concluded that although both paradigms could be improved for further research, some evidence had been obtained in support of the notion of salience imbalance in metaphorical comparisons. 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When subjects were asked to provide a term which generated a literal comparison, this pattern of results was not obtained. The second paradigm was a forced-choice task in which subjects were asked to select either the first or second term of both literal and metaphorical comparisons with regard to the importance of the matching attributes to that term. In a follow-up task subjects were asked to make a judgment concerning the importance of the attributes. This paradigm provided no support for the hypothesis. It was concluded that although both paradigms could be improved for further research, some evidence had been obtained in support of the notion of salience imbalance in metaphorical comparisons. 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